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@uiten faire @stmt-.fitta EDMUN D D. REYNULDS AND O. BRADFORD'REYNOLDS,OF NORTH BRIDGE.

WATER, MASSACHUSETTS.

Leners Param No. 75,460, zaad Marel. 1o, 1868..

IMPROVEMENT' IN WHEEL-Hors.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l

Beit known that we, EDMUD DREYNOLDS and O. BRADFORD REYNOLDS, both ofNorth Bridgewater, in

the county of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Wheel-Hoes; and we do herebydeclare that the following, taken in connectionv with the drawings whichaccompany and form part of this specification, is a description of' ourinvention sui'licient to enable those skilled in the art to practise vOur invention relates particularly to the construction of that class ofwheel-hoes, in which a gang of'. hoes is supported by a carriage orframe, having'a leading and supporting barrow-wheel, the machine bein'gpropelled by hand.

The invention consists in the means employed for adjusting the hoeslaterally, and as to height, and in the construction or formation of thehoe-blades with reference to their standards.

The drawings represent a wheel-hoe embodying our improvements. A shows aside elevation of the hoe; B, a reversed plan; C, a front view of thecentre or forward'hoc-blades.

a denotes the frame, supported at its front end on the axle of the wheelb, and having at its rear end a handle, c, by whichthe hoe is pushedforward. On the under side of the framea are fixed strong metal plates,d the front one of which, d, has a downward extension or support,f,provided with side-lips, g, between which the standard of the two fronthoe-blades, h, slides, and by which they are supported, a screw-bolt andnut, e', fastening the standard to the support f. The ystandard isprovided with two or morebolt-holes, 7c, by means of which the hoes iare adjusted as to height, the standard slidingnp or down between thelips g, t'o bring either hole k into line with the hole in the supportf, the lips firmly supporting or steadying the standard in eitherposition. The standard of each rear hoe, Z, is similarly secured betweenlips in a supportlpieee, m, between which lips it is similarly madevertically adjustable. Each support m is boltedto the plate e, fixed onthe bottom of the frame a, this plate having guide-lips or ways, o,between which each support is fixed by a bolt and nut, p, (and may slidewhen the nut is loosened,) the plate having slots, q, through which thebolts may be moved' laterally. to adjust the hoes Z-in position towardsor from the centre of the machine'. l

Each hoe-blade, with its standard, is madel from one' long steel plate,bent at such an angle as .shall n ot only give the blade a horizontalposition, and the standard a vertical position, but which shall also setthe blade at the proper inclination in a horizontal plane, (as seen at13,) for the blade to operate to best advantage. In the front hoes, z,the standards of the two blades are welded together, so as to forni onestandard, this method of connecting the standards, stiffening the bladesand sustaining them in positionwithout the use of bolts or i similardevices to connect the standards or hoes together.

To accommodate the machine to use by persons of varying height, thehandle c is hung to the frame on ai pivot-bolt, s, and passes betweennprights, t, having series-oi' holes, u, through any opposite two ofwhich (and through a. slot, v, in the l1andle,) a bolt, wpasses, bywhich means the outer end of the handle is adjusted in height, as willbe readily understood. These details of construction enable the hoeto bevery strongly made, while having provisions for all such adjustments asmay be necessary `or desirable in'. an implement ofthis description.

l. We claim, incombinatiou with the centre blades 7i, (made verticallyadjustable,)vthe rcanblades Z, made adjustable, both vertically andlaterally, substantially as shown and described. v 2. We also claimsupporting tho vertically-adjustable standards between guidc-lips g,substantially as described. A

3. We also claim, in combination with the plate to which the blades Zare secured, thelaterally-slidingsupports m, substantially as described.I

4. We also claim forming each hoe-blade and its standard from a plate,bent both at right angles and with an inclination rearward,substantially as shown and described.

5. We also claim forming the standard of the two forward blades, bywelding together the two vertical plates, substantially as described.

6. We also claim, inv a hoe in which the blades are made adjustable, asdescribed, A applying thchandle with provision for vertical adjustment,substantiallyas set forth. i

EDMUND D. 'nEYNoLDs o. BRADFORD REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

JoNA. WHITE, AARON S. HAnLow.

